Phishing is a popular way for scammers to try and get personal information from you. It may seem like a harmless link from a friend in an email, or a fake notification from Facebook, but there are ways to tell if it's legitimate or fake.
One good test is to hover your mouse over the link or button. Does it really go to the domain it claims to be from or is the link to some phishing site?
Ed Bott at ZDNet has an excellent article on phishing, including samples of real and fake messages.
Don't be fooled by phishing. Never click on a link or button in an email or message,
unless you know where you're going.
So it goes.
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